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by Aage Berntsen (1885 - 1952)

Igen en aften nærmere min død
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Igen en aften nærmere min død -
en dejlig aften - himlens røde sky -
og stien under træets mørke væld -
i ahornløvet månens krumme ny -
igen en aften går på hæld.

Igen en aften nærmere min død -
mod muren hviler graverspadens skaft -
Du, som jeg elsker - kom mig nær - å du!
En dejlig aften - vild af ubrugt kraft -
vær hos mig - tæt - i dette nu.

Igen en aften nærmere min død -
nu sortner solnedgangens himmelbrand -
hvad blev det skønne nu, der brast og svandt -
lidt guldstøv mellem timeglassets sand -
- er lyset langt fra stagens kant?

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aage Berntsen (1885 - 1952) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Søren Birch (b. 1955), "Igen en aften" [ chorus ], from Løvfald - 3 sange for blandet kor til tekst af Aage Berntsen, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Poul Schierbeck (1888 - 1949), "Igen en aften nærmere min død", op. 42 no. 32, published 1938, from Alverden går omkring, no. 32 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-03-24
Line count: 15
Word count: 93

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